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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE: COMMERCIAL GENOMICS

In her role as Chair of the AGNC, Anna was a witness, along with Dr Matthew Hurles, Head of Human Genetics and Senior Group Leader, Wellcome Sanger Institute and Professor Anneke Lucassen, Chair, British Society for Genetic Medicine, at a Science and Technology Committee hearing on Commercial Genomics.

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Project: Genetic Counselling, Ethics, Nursing, SocietyType: Impact on PolicyContributor: Anna MiddletonKeywords: Association of Genetic Nurses and Counsellors (AGNC)BRCAdirect to consumer genetic testing (DTCGT)false positiveParliamentScience and Technology Committee

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE: COMMERCIAL GENOMICS

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15th October 2019

The session, chaired by Conservative MP Stephen Metcalfe, allowed the witness to comment on issues relating to the wide availability of consumer DNA testing, both those marketed for health and for ancestry, to how people interpret and respond to readouts pertaining to their health.

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Science and Technology Committee (2019) [TV] Parliament Live TV. Invited witness A Middleton. 15 October. Online, Available at: https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/d4fc5d7b-7e5c-4f87-99f0-daa938fdcd9e [Accessed: 17 October 2019]

 

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